House Hunters

Real Estate Newbies

Amy Lewis and Scott Murphy have been renting their current home for nearly two years. Now that their carefree 20s are behind them, they are ready to embrace their adulthood and purchase their first home together. But it's not just that they are tired of renting. The motivation to settle down was prompted by a small but very important arrival, their 8-week-old son, Jack. The couple wants Jack to grow up in a cozy home in a family-friendly neighborhood. They would like three bedrooms and at least one-and-a-half baths, and they don't mind if it is a fixer-upper. They also like their new place to have an enclosed backyard for their dogs, Peaches and Herb. They're eager to start their search, and have enlisted their friend and real estate agent, Michael Baietti, to help them.